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GAME

Filed Aug. 2l, 1959 2 Sheets-Shea?l 2 nvntor JAMES T BROTHERS,

' A omeys' J. T. BROTHERS 2,199,719 A Patented May 7, 1940 ra'rsn'r FiCEGAME

James T. Brothers, New Bern, N. G. Application August 21, 1939, ASerialNo. 291,255

1 Claim.

This invention relates to games played Similarly to checkers and has forthe primary object the provision of a playing board and game board andchecker game pieces by having the playing face of the board providedWith triangular shaped spaces and pin pivot sockets at the corners ofsaid spaces to receive pivot pins of the game pieces to permit moving ofsaid game pieces by a pivotal movement in either direction from onespace to another Without being moved free of the board, the pins furtherpreventing the game pieces from accidentally moving off of the spacesshould the board be moved or tilted to some degree.

With these andother objects in vievv, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view illustrating a game board constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an edge view illustrating the board.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan vievv showing a portion of the boardWith a game piece thereon and illustrating how the game piece may bepivoted from one space to another Without detaching the game piece fromthe board.

Figure 5 is an edge view illustrating one of the game pieces. i

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view illustrating one of the game pieces.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a gameboard of substantially rectangular shape having a playing surface E. Theplaying surface 5 is marked off or divided into a plurality ofconnecting triangular shaped spaces l by groups of lines 8, 9 and l0.The groups of lines 8 extend diagonally of the playing surface in onedirection While the groups of lines 9 extend diagonally of the playingsurface in another direction and the groups of 50 lines l0 extendlongitudinally of the playing surpieces differentiating from an ordinarycheckerl face. The groups of lines as described coact in forming thetriangular shaped spaces 1.

The board 5 upon its playing surface 6 is provided vvith a series ofsockets ll, the sockets being located at the corners of the triangularshaped spaces or where the groups. of lines intersect with each other.The game is preferably played with at least ten game pieces, one ofwhich is indicated by the character l2 and is of substantiallytriangular shape having secured upon one face i and at the cornersthereof pivot pins or projections I3 adapted to fit Within the socketsof a triangular shaped space on the game board so that by lifting a pairof projections out of their respective sockets the game piece may bemade to pivot in either direction on the other projection fitting in itsrespective socket without moving the game piece clear of the board.

By reference to Figure 4 it Will be seen that the game piece can becaused to pivot from one 20 triangular shaped space to another and swungin either direction as indicated by the arrows.

By having the' projections of the game piece fitting Within the socketsof the space will prevent the game piece from accidentally moving 25 offof that space.

It is believed that the simplicity and advantages of this invention willbe perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such devicerelates, and while I have herein set forth 30 a satisfactory embodimentof the invention it is to be understood that such changes therefrom asfairly fall Within the scope of my claim may be resorted to whendesired.

What I claim is: 35

A game board having a playing surface, groups of lines arranged on saidplaying surface to divide said playing surface into a plurality oftriangular shaped interfitting spaces, and triangular shaped game piecesmovable over the playing 40 surface from one space to another, saidboard having a plurality of sockets arranged in the corners of saidtriangular shaped spaces, and projections at the corners of thetriangular shaped game pieces to t within said sockets 45 whereby thegame pieces may be pivoted each on one projection thereof from one spaceto another without moving the game piece free of the board.

JAMES T. BROTHERS.

